Anzac Day Schools' Awards winners

Minister for Veterans' Affairs Dan Tehan today announced the winners of the Anzac Day Schools' Awards for 2017 saying the quality of the entries this year had been extremely high.

CANBERRA, Oct 12 - Woodbridge Primary School in Western Australia and Brooks High School in Tasmania were the winners in their state and the national prize winner for primary and secondary schools, respectively.

Tehan said 79 schools nationwide had entered the Anzac Day School Awards.

"The Anzac Day School Awards is a competition that encourages learning about Australia's wartime history and commemorating the service of Australians on Anzac Day," he said.

"Every school that entered displayed great initiative and creativity with their entry and the respect for our Defence personnel was obvious.

"As a nation it is important that we never forget the service and sacrifice of the men and women who serve in defence of our country.

"We keep that memory alive by instilling respect for our wartime history and an understanding of the importance of Anzac Day in our future generations."

Mr Tehan said the Brooks High School winning entry was a collaboration between Digital Arts and Dance/Drama students that imagined what it was like to walk 'in the shoes of the Anzacs'.

"The Woodbridge Primary School students created posters displaying information about Light Horsemen killed in the action in the Gaza campaign after researching the battle using the Department of Veterans' Affairs Anzac Portal and Australian War Memorial website."